Background
Gross, Franz Bruno was born on July 29, 1919 in Vienna, Austria. Came to the United States, 1940, naturalized, 1944. Son of Max and Alice (Koref) Gross.
Gross, Franz Bruno was born on July 29, 1919 in Vienna, Austria. Came to the United States, 1940, naturalized, 1944. Son of Max and Alice (Koref) Gross.
Diploma, University Rome, Italy, 1938. Master of Arts, Harvard, 1943. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard, 1952.
Postgraduate, Graduate Institute International Relations, Geneva, Switzerland, 1950. Postgraduate, Academy International Law, The Hague, Netherlands, 1958.
Lecturer, Grinnell (Iowa) College, 1943-1944;
with, United Nations Secretariat, 1950-1951;
visiting professor, Babson College, Massachusetts, 1951-1952;
visiting professor, City College of New York, 1953-1954;
acting chairman, Bradford College, 1954-1959;
member of faculty, head political science department, Widener College, Chester, Pennsylvania, 1959-1971;
chairman liberal arts division, Widener College, 1962-1967;
also chairman political science department, Distinguished professor, coordinator international affairs program, Widener College, 1967-1971;
professor international affairs and African studies, Duquesne U., Pittsburgh, 1971-1978;
dean Graduate School, Duquesne U., 1971-1976;
professor political science, U. New Haven, 1978-1988;
dean arts and science, U. New Haven, 1978-1980. Visiting professor University of Pennsylvania Graduate School, 1961-1963, U. Dakar, Senegal, W. Africa, 1966-1967, Free U. Berlin, Spring 1977. Guest lecturer universities in, Westernand Eastern Europe, North and West Africa, Madagascar, India, Mexico.
Member academic deans committee Pittsburgh Council Higher Education, 1971-1976. Consultant onUN University of Pennsylvania Foreign Policy Institute, 1962-1967.
Public representative Regional Mental Health Board II, State of Connecticut. Member review and evaluation committee, 1983-1988. Mayor's New Haven Sister Cities Committee, 1986-1988.
Served with Military Intelligence Army of the United States, 1944-1946. Press officer United States Military Government 1946-1947, Germany. Fellow African Studies Association.
Member International Studies Association (executive committee Middle Atlantic region 1968-1970, 74-78, president Philadelphia area 1971-1972), Pennsylvania Political Science Association (executive committee 1972-1974, vice president 1974-1975, president 1975-1977), North Eastern Political Science Association (executive committee 1970-1972, executive committee 74-76, vice president 1976-1978, president 1978-1979), American Political Science Association, American Association University Administrators, American Association of University Professors, Pennsylvania Association Graduate Schools (president 1975-1976), American Society International Law, Professors for Peace in Middle East (executive committee 1970-1973, vice president 1973-1988), International Society for Educational, Cultural and Science Interchanges (executive secretary 1974-1977), National Committee on Foreign Policy, World Federalists (member board Pittsburgh area council). Clubs: Harvard-Yale-Princeton (Pittsburgh). Harvard (New York City).
Married Margaret M. Chappell, December 5, 1952. 1 child, Christopher John.